Dr Geetanjali Kapoor

Head, South Asia Office, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

Dr Geetanjali Kapoor is a physician and medical microbiologist (JNMC Aligarh, India). She holds a Master of Public Health (Johns Hopkins University) and is a Fellow in General Infectious Diseases (Christian Medical College, Vellore, India).

Geetanjali is the Head of South Asia at Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), where she is leading the establishment of the world’s first One Health Demographic and Health Surveillance System (DHSS). She is the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) focal point for implementation of Fleming Fund Regional Grant in Africa and has co-authored ‘State of the World’s Antibiotics Report 2021’, a compilation of global AMR data and correlates.